Financing our mission of elevating student voices
|
Date |
Amount |
Explanation |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| SSA Salaries | $87,200 |
Stipends for representatives |
|
| SSA Hourly Workers Pay | $1,400 | SSA Graphic Designer | |
| Campus Programming | $12,410 | SSA-held events & promotional items | |
| Raffle License | $50 | License for student orgs to hold raffles | |
| Lobbying Trip | $1,000 | Travel to/from Madison to meet with representatives | |
| Stout Moveout | $1,500 | Dumpsters for spring moveout | |
| Legal Services | $4,650 | Legal Services Program | |
| Office | $800 | Office supplies & printing | |
| Total | $109,010 |
This page uses the terms 'annual budget' and 'operating budget' interchangeably. The technical term is 'annual budget' because of the funding source and process.
SSA's operating budget is treated like an annual budget from any other student organization, following the same process for funding approval as Stoutonia, Blue Devil Productions, GSA, Latinos Unidos, and dozens of student organizations at UW-Stout.
The SSA Vice President, as SSA Treasurer, drafts and proposes SSA's operating budget for the next fiscal year.
The SSA Vice President solicits feedback on the budget proposal from other SSA representatives prior to submitting the request to the Financial Affairs Committee.
SSA's Financial Affairs Committee (FAC) reviews SSA's annual budget request alongside all other student org's requests. FAC adopts a recommendation for all student orgs budgets.
The University Student Senate reviews FAC's recommendations for what to fund out of student orgs' requests, including SSA's operating budget request.
SSA's operating budget comes out of the 'Student Organizations' line from the annual segregated fee budget.
SSA provides compensation for representatives on University Student Senate and University Court. This funding comes out of the 'SSA Salaries' line from SSA's operating budget.
